Perhaps this might help : http://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-949 If I am reading it correctly, then it would be possible to write your own custom session manager for seam, which may allow you access to the session for another user. Of course, it would mean writing a session manager that was as good as the one that comes with your web server in production, and ensuring that no information is put into the session, outside of the seam environment since that wouldn't be available. But hey, the dream can live on for a little longer... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4055856#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...